Tool-handle remover



May I, 1923.

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Application Tiled heptcmber 21, 1921. Serial lilo. 5%.159.

.movers and more particularly to anovel and improved device for removing the broken or split handles from ares, hammers, and like types of tools. a

The primary objector the invention is to produce a strong and rigid structurehaving a false bottom, including provision tor securely clamping the head of steel in posi tion so that the end of the handle may be exposed to receive a blow with a strikingpin, whereby the said handle may be easily removed from the head of the tool and re placed by a perfect handle.

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of the class above set forth, capable of use for removing the handles from various types of tools, including provision for clamping a striking pin holder positioned above a tool head and the end oi? a handle, whereby a downwardly directed blow on a striking pin may be imparted to the end of a. broken or split handle and re move the same from the head of the tool.

Another and very important object of the invention is the provision of a tool handle remover of the class above set forth, which is extremely simple iIlfiOIlSlJl'llC'tiOn, easily assembled, rigid and durable, highly eilicient in operation, practical and capable or being;

inamifactured t ditlerent materials at a very low cost, whereby its commercial possibilities are greatly enhanced.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and inthe drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment oil the invention Figure l is a side view of the invention showing a tool head in dotted line position therein,

his. 2 is an end elevation with the tool head in section,

lfiig'. 3 is a plan view,

Fig.4 is a detached perspective view of the striking pin, i

5 is an end elevation of a modified construction, 2

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view ol? one of the side members oil the modified structure shown in Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view oil one of the detachable tool head supports.

like parts are designated by corresponding reference characters throughout the several views.

The improved device comprises a supporttor the head of the tool ttroni which the broken handle is to be removed and may be termed troma single section of heavy sheet pretl'erably steel, as illustrated in Figs. 5

and 6.

llhe supporting device, whether in one or more pieces, is firmly attached to a relatively broad base 15, generally o1": wood.

Vi hen the sides 10 and 11 and base 12 are termed from a single piece as shown in Figs. 8

1, 2 and .8, a plurality of transverse slots 16 are termed through the sides 10 and 1.1,

to receive bars 17 to support the tool head while the stump oi the handle is being removed.

The slots will be located at different elevations to su iiport different sized tool heads.

When the sides or": the support are of cast metal as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, a plurality of upwardly and inware'lly opening blind slots or seats 18 of varying lengths will be employed to hold the bars 17.

Attached to the portions 10 and 11 or 13 and M, as the case may be, are upwardly arcl'lin r combined uides and carriers 19 and i 20. each 'preteral'iiy termed from a single section of metal bent into til-shape with the leg portions twisted oneiourth to bear l'iativ against the outer faces ot the sides of the supports in position to receive the tastes in bolts 21, but leaving the intermediate portions disposed vertically 'l'latwise, as shown.

Disposed between the tlatwise portions oi the members 19 and is a guide block 253 having transverse channels to receive the members 19 and 20, to enable the block to lit) be adjusted transversely in the space between the portions and 11 or 13 and 14. A clamp screw 23 is tapped through one of the guide members, for instance the member 19, to engage the block 22, and hold it in adjusted position.

The block 22 is formed with a longitudinal guideway 24 for a driving pin 25. conbars 17 are located in position to hold the head and the adjusting screw 26 actuated until it engages the head. By this means the head will be retained in position.

The drive pin is then inserted through the block 22 and the block adjusted on the members 19 and 20 until the pin is in position above the stump and the block clamped in adjusted position by the clamp screw 28.

The pin is then driven against the stump by a hammer or other implement to loosen and remove the same.

If the broken end or stump of a hatchet, hammer, or like smaller tool is to be removed, the bars 17 will be located in the upper slots 16 or in the shorter seats 18, as the case may be, and the smaller end of the driving pin inserted downwardly through the block 22, as will be obvious.

The improved implement is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and of any required material or capacity to receive tools of various sizes.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the spe ilieation, but it will be understood that modifications within the scope of the claim may he made in the construe tion without departii'ig from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its ad vantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A tool handle removing device comprising spaced side members having supporting seats in their confronting faces, bars engageable in said seats and adapted to support a tool head, a holder supported on said side members and having a longitudinally (lirected guideway. and a striking pin movable through said guideway.

ln testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

XVILLTAM D. SNOWMAN. 

